Users will soon be able to get paid by what is referred to as Super Followers access to bonus content, such as a newsletter subscription or bonus tweets. Direct paid subscription features have been successful on other social media platforms, though Twitter has not revealed what sort of fee they …
Read More »What happens if you don’t consent: WhatsApp won’t allow users to READ & SEND messages if they reject new privacy rules
On Sunday, the company shared the details of how the new terms of service will affect its users with the tech news website TechCrunch. The comment came after the outlet cited an email sent by WhatsApp to one of its merchant partners. Last month, WhatsApp asked users to agree to …
Read More »‘What is this, 1998?’ Twitter users astonished that Tony Blair is opining on Covid roadmap… and MEDIA COVERS IT as ‘news’
The former Labour Party leader on Friday published his own “roadmap” out of the UK’s Covid-19 lockdown, complete with a “traffic light system” dictating data-based parameters for opening and closing decisions. Mainstream media outlets jumped on the report as big news, with some portraying it as influential in setting the …
Read More »Facebook to ban Australian users from reading and sharing news in response to government’s Big Tech bill
Facebook and Google are firmly opposed to Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code, which is in the process of being reformed and has been debated by lawmakers this week. The legislation forces tech companies to be more transparent about algorithms that help control news content on their platforms. “The proposed law …
Read More »Twitter users cry foul as platform mulls subscription service… but meltdown may be premature
In an effort to reduce its reliance on advertising, Twitter is exploring new ways of generating revenue, including the use of subscription fees for some services, Bloomberg reported. In a statement, the company confirmed that it was exploring the option of introducing paid features that would provide “enhanced opportunities for …
Read More »Smut giant Pornhub to fight abuse & revenge porn with MANDATORY ID of users & other snoopware. Be careful what you w*nk for…
After being raked over the coals by the New York Times in December for allegedly hosting a sprawling cesspool of child sexual exploitation, Pornhub took emergency measures to remove most of its content, lock the site down except for verified users, and open up its payment system to cryptocurrency users. …
Read More »Reddit users in US, Canada plagued by outages in service amidst GameStop stock frenzy
Outage monitor downdetector.com reported the outage complaints from users. Outages for the site have been reported every day this week. “We did have some issues with higher error rates this week…It meant slower load times for some users but we were never hard down,” a spokesperson for Reddit told Reuters …
Read More »Trading app Robinhood accused of AUTOMATICALLY SELLING users’ shares after banning GameStop stock – reports
Twitter users on Thursday reported seeing their GameStop shares sold and their positions closed, with Robinhood justifying the sale due to “unreasonable risk.” Traders who attempted to cancel the sale were met with a message telling them the sale couldn’t be undone, “as we placed it to mitigate the risk …
Read More »‘Stealing millions from users’: Squad members Tlaib and AOC call for congressional hearing over Robinhood ‘market manipulation’
The amateur traders united through Reddit and Discord this week, causing hedge funds to lose billions of dollars by purchasing stock in companies such as GameStop, which Wall Street was betting against. However, the ironically named Robinhood – which acted as one of the main platforms for the traders to …
Read More »Alternative tech platform DLive cracks down on users amid media complaints about ‘extremist’ audience after Capitol storming
After Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, media organizations like the New York Times, Wired, and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) took aim at DLive for hosting users who attended and supported the incident – branding the alternative tech platform an “extremist haven.” “DLive has paid …
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